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T-Me Missouri SJnaurp Shooter. j Tu al M waala u Mr rank. Mr state, .Batk"a.t.fimJlct"7, V l Tkat auke. aa great. " He who la hi "klz" , wauld rise, V .Mail cither aa.t ar advert!. P The Fanner's Friend, the Laboring Man's Advocate, and the People's Forum Volume5. Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri Friday, November, 13,1903, Number 25. - v - r- Missouri Sharp Shooter . Weekly paper, published event i -s Friday at Rolla Missouri J $. ; ' J.R. MILLER, - - - Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. t 'far Year. .fa .' Tkraa Maatki J l Maatk. ...... . .4 Enteral at tkt PoMafflca, KUa nilHiri a. aacaatf class aiall autter. Fob President In 1904, WILLIAM J. BRYAN, f-T Of America. The Brightest Jewel in the crown of Liberty, and the one bright star npou the rlorizja of Democracy. Though beaten bacK in many a fray, - Yet newer strength we'll borrow. And whsre our va guard camps today, I ha rear shall rest tomorrow For Governor in 1004. Joseph W. Folk. BOODLE STORY. Tli6 following is a part of the testimony of John Lee in the Far- rig boodle trial. "Senator Farris come and told me it J was interested in the prevention of the passage of the re peal liill that it would be very easy to prevent it in the commit- "Do yon know whetber or not D. J. Kelley was present in JeiTer sou City the last day of the session of 1901 T" "He was present." 'When and where did you see on that day in Jeferson City?" "I was presiding, and I caw him sitting in the lobby of the senate chamber." "Did you see anybody by him or with him?" He was talking to Pattersoi tee of criminal jurisprudence, off Bain of St. Louis." wnicnnewasa nienmer. lashed ..pj Vou see Mr. Kcllevanv mm now, and lie said the bill ,nore tj,at day?" coma te i.eia tip ana not reported He cn,e jIlt0 mv 0fjjce ttfter ana 1 think 1 told him that! the session adjourned and had would prefer that the bill he voted conversation with me." ' ir' 1 Platform. Bu?t the boodlers. Bounce the bribers. Route the robbers. Lock the lobsters . Lift the looters. I'ti 1 Ijt he plunderers. And clean the clatter. The gold-bug democrats in Ohio voted the Republican ticket, this , is what gave the Republicans the big majority. The fight' is on, and it is the straight Democratic sheep on one side, and the boodle democratic wolf in sheep's clothing on the other side. . The Scott Comity Kicker, says , for awhile the worst that could be said of Governor Dockery was his appointees to office. Well that's bad enough the Iord knows. . The Missouri grand lodge of Ma-cons have ordered subordinate lodges that have not acted upon the cases of members convicted of or implicated in boodling to expel all such at once. It will lie noticed t hat in Joseph V. Folk's speech, he makes nn fight against any other candidate and it will also be noticed thatall other candidates for Governor have combined against Joseph W Folk. Since Joseph Folk's speech at St. Joseph announcing his candi dacy for Governor, the Folk boom has takeu a second growth, and as it rolls over the state it smashes down the opposition like blades of grass. A Juryman who could not fiiud Frank Farris guilty of boodiing ater hearing all the evidence introduced at Jefferson City last week, would not be a safe man to trust 111 your smoke house unless the hams were nailed to the raft ers. ' After all, about the worst thing that can be aaid of onr last Gen era! Assembly, was the nnanimons election of the shell hiding baking powder lobbyist and a'l round democratic fraud Bill Stone to the U. S. Senate. The boodlers wen bad enough, but Stone is worse. upon, and asked him as to the le gitimacy of that method, and had some conversation about it, and he came to my office shortly af ter, probably the luxt day, or the same dav. and said it could ! ver3T easily accomplished, but that the boys thought it would ln worth something; that the prevention of the repeal of this legislature w as a valuable proitosition. and that they thought somebody was going to get a large profit nut of it ; that it would practically give them a monopoly on the baking powder businessand that the members of the committee could refuse to re port on the bill until the session "Your office in the 111 thecapit- ol building in the renr of the sen ate?" ' "Yes sir; room 42 " "What conversation if any rel ative to tins transaction dul you have with him on that day?" "He expressed his gratification at the adjournment of the session that the bill had not passed, and wanted to know if wael prepared to pay these parties their money told In 111 1 had deposited the check n the bank at St. Louis and had not heard from it and did not know w hether the returns had Oeen made from New York, and he said that I should huveseeu to that, that I I -I I .1 La .I...:-! .uuUKu maun-UBUMum tne.r h(J )t p-irfrieB d ip. services miner t.lm rirrnniatiiiicpa . ... . I tMiliiferi- mm thnf. ho n-ua trniiiir uugu. iu wepaiu lor. ,W ,,. TJ1Mi. ., H, t ri ,l Farris Asked $1000 j hlH letter go down with him wr mi.ii w. nlirj , present the next day to "What did you say to him in le carry out the arrangement with ply to that? the parties, and I did so." "1 told htm 1 had no authority Witness then told of his visitto from any source lo enter into any the Laclede Hotel where he hand-such arrangement and did not ed out the boodle fund. Lee kept want to inter into any Mich nr- fl500 and Farris divided the $7000 raugement, and he said "Well, the among the committeemen, keep' matter could be accomplished in ling $1000, that way," and asked me if I had The arfiutat tarra ever witimaa ...... ... ....!.., o .vu.,.,ur.,k 1.. av t.,av 1Mfetig of therairoad nie mauer couiu re reierreu 10, and asked if I would not submit the pronesition. I asked him what the proposition was and he said there were seven members of the committee and that one was not working w ith the others." "Did he mention the name of the member not cooperating?" ' He named Senator Dowell. He said their price was pretty high; that the boys thought the preven commissioners at Kansas City re' centiy. ine meeting, it was un derstood, was to regulate freight rates. The railroads dictated ev erything and secured an adjourn ment till tho latter part of this mouth. Freight rates will never be reduced by railroad commissioners. Houston Democrat. Well of course not. They are mt elected forthut purpose. The railroad commissioners are the tion of the legislation very valua ble, and that he wanted $1000 a greatest fraud eter perpetrated on piece tor the six members and the taxpajer, The people pay the $1000 for the one who introduced Judge Graves in his instructions to the jury in the Farris trial, said, that ex-Lieutenant Governor Lee's t-estimoiiy alone must be con sidered very caniiously and in order to convict it must strengthened by outside evidence, and then the Judge proceeded to rule out all the outside evidence, so that Iee's iestimonycould not be strengthen ed. The State had the Steelville bankers 011 baud to show that this boodle money received by Farris wa depjsited in that bank, but Judge Graves would not allow tbeoi to testify andattorney-general Crow did cot insist. the repeal bill in the Senate." "When he asked you if you would submit that matter to whoever might be interested in it, did be ask you ir you knew who was in terested? "Yes sir." V Did you tell, him?" "I told him thatl knew this man salaries, and the railroads get the benefits, Missouri is eafely Democratic and will remain so as long as the Democrats who do the voting are permitted to name their candidate but if the machine undertakes te dictate the nomination and run the convention with the Jefferson p.lllh Fltriimia na tliatr A-A Inar im r i-ii t i.j ...j ""V . Jciiri . omt- a uavt iiic unit, nuu i . L : . .... I Uemocratic ranks, and the honest ing meauouai iieiuiu oucmj - ot iNew iork. Boodler Frank Gets a Hung: Jury. 8 for Conviction, 4 for Acquital. 10 Believe Him Guilty. Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. ". After having been out 10 hours the jury in the case of Senator Frank H. Farris of Crawford county, indicted on the charge of bribery In connection with the defeat of the bill to repeal the anti-alum law at the 1901 session of the Missouri legislature, reported to Judge Graves at 10:05 o'clock this morning thut they were unable ti reach a verdict. When Ft renmn John Ross made this statement to the court, Judge Graves asked : "Is there any probability of your reaching a decission in the case?" "I believe net," repied Mr. Ross. "Is that your answer, gei.tlemen, again asked Judge Graves, instruc ing those who so believed to hold up their hands. All bauds went up and then Judge Graves, saying he did not desire to keep them longer confined, ordered them dis charged, after thanking them for tho patience of their deliberations. Senator Farris was in court with his attorney, Morton Jourdan, but there were only a few spectators He looked just a triful worried, ut his manner was confident, and he remurked that he thought the verdict would acquit hin. When the jurors announced their conclu sion lit did nor move a muscle a remained n li sts- at home 011 election day, as they did in 18J4 when the Francis-Ma (lit gang tri- to make them swallow old Graver Cleveland. "Did he then ask you to submit this matter to Mr. Kelley? "Yes sir." "What did you say?" "I said that I felt a reluctance The public have leng since pas- to do so, but that I would consider sed sentence on Frauk Farris and the matter?'1 " jtouud him guilty as charged in "Did you consider the matter?'" the indictment, and whether "I did " I Cole county jury convicts him or "What did vou determine to do? not," there is one thing sure, he "1 telegraphed to Kelley to call will never again be permitted to me up by long distance telephone, sell out and betray the Democrats "Did you cotnmuuicte with Mr. of this Senatoral district, uor dis-Kfclley. and if so did you receive a grace the Dem cracy of the state a oak I t" I " a reply? " 01 Missouri oy occupying a seat in "Yes sir." jour General Assembly "Whatdid you receive in reply? "1 received a check for $8500." "Do you know what bank that was draw u on?"' "On the Second National Bank of New York, signed by nnd B and D.J. Kelley." "What did jou do with that check?" "I showed it to Senator Farris. "Then what did you do with it. "1 took It to President Hill of the American Exchange Bank of St. Loms and asked him to ascertain whether or not it was good. as I wanted him to credit it to my account." You deW6ited the cbck in the check in the American Exchange bank of St. Louis?" "Yea sir." Frank Farris will still have thre more indictments for boodling and corrupt practice to face, and if he escapes the pen ou these it will cost him all the money he made boodling, so after all it would have paid him better to be poor and honest. William P. Sullivan got it in the neck for just soliciting a ribe but Frank H. Farris. who took the brilie got off with a hung jury. Sullivan was an out and out rvpul-lican, while Farris was a democrat who voted with republican. You might ay they were both republicans and both should be served alike from a political point of view. and his expression changed. When the jury filed out of the courtroom Judge Graves announc ed that he would set Dec. 14 as the dute of the new trial. The case of Senator Smith, also accused of having received $1000 for his vote in behalf of the Bak- ng Powder Trust, was redocketed for Dec. 1(3. To the Posl-Disputch Foreniaii Ross made this statement: "The jury took abrur, 14 ballots standing at the close eight for conviction four for acquital. The 011- y change from this was a ballot f seven to convict and five to ac quit. "Two of the jurors did not doubt be guilt of the defendant, but hey did not wish to convict him on the testimony of John A. Lee. Those w ho disagreed with us and ished to free Farris are: Peter Touf, Ben Pringer, Jim Clark, and Ben Lockett. 1 These men declared that Lee's! confession of self incrimination nd his contradictory statements 11 the witness stand would not ify a verdict adverse to the dc fendriiit. Two of them offered owever, tbat if the other two ould yield they would also find the defendant guilty." Of the four dissenting votes, Lockett is a merchant rrsiding in Jefferson City. The other three are farmers. Two of them are Democrats and two Republicans. The jury was composed of seven Democrats and five Republicans. The decission of the jury is generally re;rardi-d as a victory for the state. Mr. Crow simply said: "I have nothing further to say, except that I thought the prosecution made a good case and established the guilt of t lie defendant." Tho reputation of John A. Lee, vas much better than the reputation of Frank Farris this time last year. Frank Farris could not get a crowd out to hear him speak and wherever he happened at a public meeting in ai.y part of the state he was hooted down with the cry of "lobbyist" by the audience, but John A. I.ee was accorded a re spectful hearing wherever he ap peared, and was well thought of by the people, Farm For Sale. A farm of 60 acres, all bottom land and in high state of cultivation. Good dwel ling and out buildings, good barn, good orchard, plenty of living water, good fences, and everything in first class con dition. 7 miles from Rolla, the county seat, and 7 miles from St. James, on the Frisco railroad. The owner wants to sell because he is too old to farm it, and wants to retire. This farm can be bought for $20 per acre, and there is not a better farm of its size in Phelps county. If you want a bargain call on or address, GEORGE T. COX, Ratlibone, Mo, Store for Trade. A good large store house and lot w ith a $2 000 stock of fresh new merchandise, such as kept in country store, together with a good dwelling house and lot of nearly two acres Postoffice in the store situated in good locality, will be sold verv reasonable or traded for a farm. For information, addres? this office. Only thn-e men in Phelps connty could lie found who would go down to Jefferson City and testify iu be half of iHiodler Frank F.rris, J.W. Pool, Charles Lusher Woods and R, P, Goodall, au peril- tendant of the Soldier's Home at St. James. The Commoner. (MR. BRYAN'S PAfER:) will be especially interesting and instructive during the present ses sion of congress,'' The action of this congress will probably deter mine the issue upon which the next presidential campaign will be fought. The Commoner proposes to carry on a campaign of education and organization to the end that democratic principles may triumph. In addition to the editorial de partment, which receives Mr. Bry an's personal attention, the Com moner contains a Current Topic epnrtnieiit whereiu a non-parti san discussion of topics of timely interest and other valuable information will be found. The Home Department is conducted by an ex perienced woman who is widely known as a writer of household topics and who is an authority on the art of cooking in all that the term implies. This deportmetist alone worth the subscription price The other departments of the paper are all interesting and ably conducted among which is a sum mary of tha world's news told in narrative style, and Mr, Miupin's department Whether Common or Not contains original anecdotes and wit. moral lessons in homely phrase and verse, ai.d appeals to old and young alike. The Commoner as a whole is clean, entertaining and instructive, and its rapid increase in circulation now amounting to 140-000 is proof of the paper's strength and influence. Arrangements have been male with Mr. Bryan whereby the Com moner can lie secured at a very low rate with the Sharp Shooter. l)th papers for one year for $I.L'5 This offer applies to both new and renewal subscriptions, and should le taken advantage of without delay. 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T-Me Missouri SJnaurp Shooter. j Tu al M waala u Mr rank. Mr state, .Batk"a.t.fimJlct"7, V l Tkat auke. aa great. " He who la hi "klz" , wauld rise, V .Mail cither aa.t ar advert!. P The Fanner's Friend, the Laboring Man's Advocate, and the People's Forum Volume5. Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri Friday, November, 13,1903, Number 25. - v - r- Missouri Sharp Shooter . Weekly paper, published event i -s Friday at Rolla Missouri J $. ; ' J.R. MILLER, - - - Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. t 'far Year. .fa .' Tkraa Maatki J l Maatk. ...... . .4 Enteral at tkt PoMafflca, KUa nilHiri a. aacaatf class aiall autter. Fob President In 1904, WILLIAM J. BRYAN, f-T Of America. The Brightest Jewel in the crown of Liberty, and the one bright star npou the rlorizja of Democracy. Though beaten bacK in many a fray, - Yet newer strength we'll borrow. And whsre our va guard camps today, I ha rear shall rest tomorrow For Governor in 1004. Joseph W. Folk. BOODLE STORY. Tli6 following is a part of the testimony of John Lee in the Far- rig boodle trial. "Senator Farris come and told me it J was interested in the prevention of the passage of the re peal liill that it would be very easy to prevent it in the commit- "Do yon know whetber or not D. J. Kelley was present in JeiTer sou City the last day of the session of 1901 T" "He was present." 'When and where did you see on that day in Jeferson City?" "I was presiding, and I caw him sitting in the lobby of the senate chamber." "Did you see anybody by him or with him?" He was talking to Pattersoi tee of criminal jurisprudence, off Bain of St. Louis." wnicnnewasa nienmer. lashed ..pj Vou see Mr. Kcllevanv mm now, and lie said the bill ,nore tj,at day?" coma te i.eia tip ana not reported He cn,e jIlt0 mv 0fjjce ttfter ana 1 think 1 told him that! the session adjourned and had would prefer that the bill he voted conversation with me." ' ir' 1 Platform. Bu?t the boodlers. Bounce the bribers. Route the robbers. Lock the lobsters . Lift the looters. I'ti 1 Ijt he plunderers. And clean the clatter. The gold-bug democrats in Ohio voted the Republican ticket, this , is what gave the Republicans the big majority. The fight' is on, and it is the straight Democratic sheep on one side, and the boodle democratic wolf in sheep's clothing on the other side. . The Scott Comity Kicker, says , for awhile the worst that could be said of Governor Dockery was his appointees to office. Well that's bad enough the Iord knows. . The Missouri grand lodge of Ma-cons have ordered subordinate lodges that have not acted upon the cases of members convicted of or implicated in boodling to expel all such at once. It will lie noticed t hat in Joseph V. Folk's speech, he makes nn fight against any other candidate and it will also be noticed thatall other candidates for Governor have combined against Joseph W Folk. Since Joseph Folk's speech at St. Joseph announcing his candi dacy for Governor, the Folk boom has takeu a second growth, and as it rolls over the state it smashes down the opposition like blades of grass. A Juryman who could not fiiud Frank Farris guilty of boodiing ater hearing all the evidence introduced at Jefferson City last week, would not be a safe man to trust 111 your smoke house unless the hams were nailed to the raft ers. ' After all, about the worst thing that can be aaid of onr last Gen era! Assembly, was the nnanimons election of the shell hiding baking powder lobbyist and a'l round democratic fraud Bill Stone to the U. S. Senate. The boodlers wen bad enough, but Stone is worse. upon, and asked him as to the le gitimacy of that method, and had some conversation about it, and he came to my office shortly af ter, probably the luxt day, or the same dav. and said it could ! ver3T easily accomplished, but that the boys thought it would ln worth something; that the prevention of the repeal of this legislature w as a valuable proitosition. and that they thought somebody was going to get a large profit nut of it ; that it would practically give them a monopoly on the baking powder businessand that the members of the committee could refuse to re port on the bill until the session "Your office in the 111 thecapit- ol building in the renr of the sen ate?" ' "Yes sir; room 42 " "What conversation if any rel ative to tins transaction dul you have with him on that day?" "He expressed his gratification at the adjournment of the session that the bill had not passed, and wanted to know if wael prepared to pay these parties their money told In 111 1 had deposited the check n the bank at St. Louis and had not heard from it and did not know w hether the returns had Oeen made from New York, and he said that I should huveseeu to that, that I I -I I .1 La .I...:-! .uuUKu maun-UBUMum tne.r h(J )t p-irfrieB d ip. services miner t.lm rirrnniatiiiicpa . ... . I tMiliiferi- mm thnf. ho n-ua trniiiir uugu. iu wepaiu lor. ,W ,,. TJ1Mi. ., H, t ri ,l Farris Asked $1000 j hlH letter go down with him wr mi.ii w. nlirj , present the next day to "What did you say to him in le carry out the arrangement with ply to that? the parties, and I did so." "1 told htm 1 had no authority Witness then told of his visitto from any source lo enter into any the Laclede Hotel where he hand-such arrangement and did not ed out the boodle fund. Lee kept want to inter into any Mich nr- fl500 and Farris divided the $7000 raugement, and he said "Well, the among the committeemen, keep' matter could be accomplished in ling $1000, that way," and asked me if I had The arfiutat tarra ever witimaa ...... ... ....!.., o .vu.,.,ur.,k 1.. av t.,av 1Mfetig of therairoad nie mauer couiu re reierreu 10, and asked if I would not submit the pronesition. I asked him what the proposition was and he said there were seven members of the committee and that one was not working w ith the others." "Did he mention the name of the member not cooperating?" ' He named Senator Dowell. He said their price was pretty high; that the boys thought the preven commissioners at Kansas City re' centiy. ine meeting, it was un derstood, was to regulate freight rates. The railroads dictated ev erything and secured an adjourn ment till tho latter part of this mouth. Freight rates will never be reduced by railroad commissioners. Houston Democrat. Well of course not. They are mt elected forthut purpose. The railroad commissioners are the tion of the legislation very valua ble, and that he wanted $1000 a greatest fraud eter perpetrated on piece tor the six members and the taxpajer, The people pay the $1000 for the one who introduced Judge Graves in his instructions to the jury in the Farris trial, said, that ex-Lieutenant Governor Lee's t-estimoiiy alone must be con sidered very caniiously and in order to convict it must strengthened by outside evidence, and then the Judge proceeded to rule out all the outside evidence, so that Iee's iestimonycould not be strengthen ed. The State had the Steelville bankers 011 baud to show that this boodle money received by Farris wa depjsited in that bank, but Judge Graves would not allow tbeoi to testify andattorney-general Crow did cot insist. the repeal bill in the Senate." "When he asked you if you would submit that matter to whoever might be interested in it, did be ask you ir you knew who was in terested? "Yes sir." V Did you tell, him?" "I told him thatl knew this man salaries, and the railroads get the benefits, Missouri is eafely Democratic and will remain so as long as the Democrats who do the voting are permitted to name their candidate but if the machine undertakes te dictate the nomination and run the convention with the Jefferson p.lllh Fltriimia na tliatr A-A Inar im r i-ii t i.j ...j ""V . Jciiri . omt- a uavt iiic unit, nuu i . L : . .... I Uemocratic ranks, and the honest ing meauouai iieiuiu oucmj - ot iNew iork. Boodler Frank Gets a Hung: Jury. 8 for Conviction, 4 for Acquital. 10 Believe Him Guilty. Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. ". After having been out 10 hours the jury in the case of Senator Frank H. Farris of Crawford county, indicted on the charge of bribery In connection with the defeat of the bill to repeal the anti-alum law at the 1901 session of the Missouri legislature, reported to Judge Graves at 10:05 o'clock this morning thut they were unable ti reach a verdict. When Ft renmn John Ross made this statement to the court, Judge Graves asked : "Is there any probability of your reaching a decission in the case?" "I believe net," repied Mr. Ross. "Is that your answer, gei.tlemen, again asked Judge Graves, instruc ing those who so believed to hold up their hands. All bauds went up and then Judge Graves, saying he did not desire to keep them longer confined, ordered them dis charged, after thanking them for tho patience of their deliberations. Senator Farris was in court with his attorney, Morton Jourdan, but there were only a few spectators He looked just a triful worried, ut his manner was confident, and he remurked that he thought the verdict would acquit hin. When the jurors announced their conclu sion lit did nor move a muscle a remained n li sts- at home 011 election day, as they did in 18J4 when the Francis-Ma (lit gang tri- to make them swallow old Graver Cleveland. "Did he then ask you to submit this matter to Mr. Kelley? "Yes sir." "What did you say?" "I said that I felt a reluctance The public have leng since pas- to do so, but that I would consider sed sentence on Frauk Farris and the matter?'1 " jtouud him guilty as charged in "Did you consider the matter?'" the indictment, and whether "I did " I Cole county jury convicts him or "What did vou determine to do? not," there is one thing sure, he "1 telegraphed to Kelley to call will never again be permitted to me up by long distance telephone, sell out and betray the Democrats "Did you cotnmuuicte with Mr. of this Senatoral district, uor dis-Kfclley. and if so did you receive a grace the Dem cracy of the state a oak I t" I " a reply? " 01 Missouri oy occupying a seat in "Yes sir." jour General Assembly "Whatdid you receive in reply? "1 received a check for $8500." "Do you know what bank that was draw u on?"' "On the Second National Bank of New York, signed by nnd B and D.J. Kelley." "What did jou do with that check?" "I showed it to Senator Farris. "Then what did you do with it. "1 took It to President Hill of the American Exchange Bank of St. Loms and asked him to ascertain whether or not it was good. as I wanted him to credit it to my account." You deW6ited the cbck in the check in the American Exchange bank of St. Louis?" "Yea sir." Frank Farris will still have thre more indictments for boodling and corrupt practice to face, and if he escapes the pen ou these it will cost him all the money he made boodling, so after all it would have paid him better to be poor and honest. William P. Sullivan got it in the neck for just soliciting a ribe but Frank H. Farris. who took the brilie got off with a hung jury. Sullivan was an out and out rvpul-lican, while Farris was a democrat who voted with republican. You might ay they were both republicans and both should be served alike from a political point of view. and his expression changed. When the jury filed out of the courtroom Judge Graves announc ed that he would set Dec. 14 as the dute of the new trial. The case of Senator Smith, also accused of having received $1000 for his vote in behalf of the Bak- ng Powder Trust, was redocketed for Dec. 1(3. To the Posl-Disputch Foreniaii Ross made this statement: "The jury took abrur, 14 ballots standing at the close eight for conviction four for acquital. The 011- y change from this was a ballot f seven to convict and five to ac quit. "Two of the jurors did not doubt be guilt of the defendant, but hey did not wish to convict him on the testimony of John A. Lee. Those w ho disagreed with us and ished to free Farris are: Peter Touf, Ben Pringer, Jim Clark, and Ben Lockett. 1 These men declared that Lee's! confession of self incrimination nd his contradictory statements 11 the witness stand would not ify a verdict adverse to the dc fendriiit. Two of them offered owever, tbat if the other two ould yield they would also find the defendant guilty." Of the four dissenting votes, Lockett is a merchant rrsiding in Jefferson City. The other three are farmers. Two of them are Democrats and two Republicans. The jury was composed of seven Democrats and five Republicans. The decission of the jury is generally re;rardi-d as a victory for the state. Mr. Crow simply said: "I have nothing further to say, except that I thought the prosecution made a good case and established the guilt of t lie defendant." Tho reputation of John A. Lee, vas much better than the reputation of Frank Farris this time last year. Frank Farris could not get a crowd out to hear him speak and wherever he happened at a public meeting in ai.y part of the state he was hooted down with the cry of "lobbyist" by the audience, but John A. I.ee was accorded a re spectful hearing wherever he ap peared, and was well thought of by the people, Farm For Sale. A farm of 60 acres, all bottom land and in high state of cultivation. Good dwel ling and out buildings, good barn, good orchard, plenty of living water, good fences, and everything in first class con dition. 7 miles from Rolla, the county seat, and 7 miles from St. James, on the Frisco railroad. The owner wants to sell because he is too old to farm it, and wants to retire. This farm can be bought for $20 per acre, and there is not a better farm of its size in Phelps county. If you want a bargain call on or address, GEORGE T. COX, Ratlibone, Mo, Store for Trade. A good large store house and lot w ith a $2 000 stock of fresh new merchandise, such as kept in country store, together with a good dwelling house and lot of nearly two acres Postoffice in the store situated in good locality, will be sold verv reasonable or traded for a farm. For information, addres? this office. Only thn-e men in Phelps connty could lie found who would go down to Jefferson City and testify iu be half of iHiodler Frank F.rris, J.W. Pool, Charles Lusher Woods and R, P, Goodall, au peril- tendant of the Soldier's Home at St. James. The Commoner. (MR. BRYAN'S PAfER:) will be especially interesting and instructive during the present ses sion of congress,'' The action of this congress will probably deter mine the issue upon which the next presidential campaign will be fought. The Commoner proposes to carry on a campaign of education and organization to the end that democratic principles may triumph. In addition to the editorial de partment, which receives Mr. Bry an's personal attention, the Com moner contains a Current Topic epnrtnieiit whereiu a non-parti san discussion of topics of timely interest and other valuable information will be found. 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